I am a UKCP Registered Gestalt psychotherapist and trainer, a Teaching and Supervising Member of the Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute UK, a founder member of Manchester Gestalt Centre, Full Member of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, Senior Trainer for GITA (Slovenia), advisory board member, Center for Somatic Studies and a guest trainer for many training programmes internationally. I am a Past President of the Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy. Peter is the author of 'Self in Relation', pub. Gestalt Journal Press, 'The Emergent Self' pub. Karnac/UKCP and 'Gestalt Therapy: Roots and Branches' pub. Karnac, and many other book chapters and articles. I am a teacher and student of traditional Aikido (3rd Dan).I bring to my writing 27 years of working as a Gestalt Therapist and my studies in Philosophy and in Aikido, as well as an interest in modern science, especially neuroscience.